William Paterson University
Mathematical Sciences Department
College Physics II (2560-60)
Spring2022
Lecturer: Prof. MAAROUF
 Science Hall West 301(Tues-Thus)
Laboratory: Prof. MAAROUF
 Science Hall East 3009(Thurs)
Prerequisites:
The understanding of the basic concepts of algebra and trigonometry
and their applications in problem solving and in developing formulae to
describe an observed phenomenon.
 Office Hours: By appointment {Email: maaroufa@wpunj.edu }
 Science Hall East 3009 (recommended time will be 30 minutes before lab)
Text(required): COLLEGE PHYSICS (OpenStax)
Digital: can be accessed by creating a free account using the provided link.
ISBN-10: 1-974172-01-8
ISBN-13: 1-974172-01-2
https://openstax.org/details/books/college-physics
Laboratory Experiments
Hand- out for each experiment (Posted in Blackboard by the professor).
Students are expected to download and keep in a folder.
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Course Objectives and outcomes:
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This is an algebra- based second semester of the two –semester
College Physics sequence.
This course will help student to build an understanding and
visualization for the nature of Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics.
It will develop basic skills to master the rules of Thermodynamics,
Static and Dynamic electricity, Geometrical Optics, and
Electromagnetic Induction and their applications in real life and
pursuing a career in a research field or an educational field.
Course Content:
A. Lecture
 Basics of Thermodynamics
 Electric charge and an electric field
 Electric Potential and electric energy
 Electric currents
 DC circuits and instruments (Resistance circuits and capacitance
circuits of combinations of both)
 Magnetism
 Electromagnetic induction and Faraday’s law
 Electromagnetic Waves
 Light: geometric optics
 Wave nature of light and mechanical waves.
 Optics (including mirrors and lenses)
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A. Lab Experiments
Tentative (depending on time and available equipment)
 Thermal Expansion.
 Heat capacity
 Mapping the electric field lines and the lines of equal potential
 Measuring capacitance.
 Ohm’s law
 Series resistance circuits.
 parallel resistance circuits.
 Resistance capacitance circuits.
 Demonstration of Electromagnetic Induction (upon availability of
equipment).
 Magnetic force on a current -carrying conductor (upon availability of
equipment.)
 Geometric optics (Measuring focal length of a lens)
 Demonstration of Young’s Experiment.
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Course Expectation:
I.
Attendance and class time and external resources:
 Students are required to attend every scheduled lecture and laboratory
session.
 Students are expected to conduct themselves professionally and are
expected to be prepared for class.
 Students are expected to invest the time of the lecture by keeping an
organized notebook and be focused during the time of instruction. Students
are expected to invest effort to keep copies of posted notes and discussed
homework problems during class time as a reference beside the assigned
textbook.
 Professor will provide other resources using other textbooks or as they
become appropriate for the content under study.
II.
Assignments
 Assignments are required to be handed in a timely manner. Assignments
will be posted in blackboard and will include:
 Individual work submitted according to an assigned date.
 Group work discussed in class with each student submit his or
her own version of the assignment.
III.
Quizzes and Tests
 Exact days of Quizzes and Tests will be announced in advance and posted in
Blackboard.
IV. Lab Reports
 All lab reports are expected to be individual, organized, and with a cover
sheet including the name of the group and posted in blackboard. Lab
reports sometimes will be given a week to submit, others will be submitted
at the end of the lab periods. Students will be notified in advance. Each
student is expected to have access to computer during lab time.
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Assignments, homework, Lab reports, and Test policies
 Assignments and Quizzes:
There will be no make up for an assignment or a quiz without an appropriate
excuse and documentations that are accepted by the professor. Missed quizzes
will result in loss of the grade. Late assignments will lose partial credit.
Assignments that are handed in after discussing the answers in class will not be
honored. Date for any given quiz will be posted in advance in Blackboard.
Labs and Lab reports
 There will be no make-up of lab experiments without appropriate
documentations and an extenuating circumstance. A grade zero will be
assigned for the missed lab period.
 Students who attend the lab period and perform the lab experiment and do
not to submit the lab report on time will lose 50% of the grade. Late lab
reports will not be honored.
Missed Semester Test Policy and number of tests
 Regardless of the reason, there will be no make-up of semester tests. The
weighting of the final exam and the content will be adjusted accordingly to
account for any missed test by the student.
 Semester tests will be equally weighed. Number of tests given will be paced
according to the content under study.
 The final exam is compulsory and comprehensive.
 There will be no make-up of the final exam without appropriate
documentation accounting for absence and accepted by the professor.
 These exams will not be returned to the students to keep. However,
students with an appointment with the professor can request to discuss
their tests.
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Standard Evaluation:
I-
Grade Evaluation will be based on
Semester Tests
36%
Final Exam
25%
Laboratory
25%
Quizzes/ Assignments
14%
II-
The following grade scale will be used to assign the cumulative final
grades for this course.
Range
94-100
90-93
87-89
84-86
80-83
77-79
74-76
70-73
64-69
60-63
<60
letter
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
F
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